Man I have been trying to update this story for like two weeks and freaking FF has been weird. OH well here it is. Enjoy....

Hermione stared out of the car window; she had been silent for the past several hours not saying a word as the doctors examined her and assured her that there was no damage to her body. But they hadn't told her anything that she hadn't known; she had had her visions since she was a child and she was no stranger to their aftereffects. However Daniel was not; ever since she had moved in with him she had not had a single vision, it had bothered her for a while but then more pressing matters had weighed on her mind and she had filed it away for a later time. But her vision tonight had been scary, it had chilled her to the bone and she couldn't remember the last time that she had had one like this.

She didn't remember everything but the one thing she did remember was the emotions. She had felt a cold hate that chilled her blood, an anger that burned her skin, and a sadness that raged like a storm. She remembered the darkness and then she remember the lightning, shadows in the dark, and scythe with its edge covered in black blood, a pair of glowing black eyes.

Hermione shivered in her seat as she remembered her vision. "Are you cold?" asked Daniel. Hermione turned and looked at him. He was sitting next to her a group of folders on his lap, his eyes showed his concern. "I'm fine," she said with a fake smile then she turned back towards the window.

Daniel stared at Hermione and knew that she was lying her silence said it all. He had watched her the entire time that the doctors had examined her and was surprised when they said she was fine. He had never seen a seer have such a reaction, not even when his brother or sister had been infected with the spice had their vision been so forceful. He was surprised to learn that she had neglected to tell him that she was a seer but part of him understood, she needed to have her secrets it was a part of her that she wasn't supposed to allow vampires to know of. Daniel reached out and took her hand into his, he squeezed it to reassure her, he was surprised when her grip on it tightened but he made no comment about it. The rest of the trip was made in silence.

When they neared the mansion however they were both assaulted by two very forceful telepathic conversations.

'Hermione where are you we need to talk about something!' Serena yelled in her mind.

'Yeah I need to tell you more about my visions,' Hermione said.

'That's just part of what we need to talk about, Darien's mother is a bitch by the way,' Serena said.

'So you met them? What are they like?' Hermione asked of her.

'Like I said the Queen's a total bitch, their father seems likeable enough. But really Hermione how much longer are you going to be I need to share my dream with you,' Serena told her.

Hermione looked around at the scenery flashing by, 'I think about five more minutes.'

'Good,' Serena said.

Hermione shook her head. "Serena seems to have made an impression upon my parents," Daniel said.

Hermione turned and looked at him, "Really a good or bad one?"

"That is yet to be seen," he said. "But just think of it like this no matter what you can't make a worse impression tonight.

Hermione smiled, "I guess that is a little comforting."

Serena kicked the door to her bedroom open and let out a growl of frustration; Ami silently walked in behind her and closed the door. "How do you all deal with that woman?"

"Well it's not like we have choice in the matter," Ami said "She is a Queen wither we like it or not." Ami sat down in one of the chairs in the bedroom and watched as Serena paced. As she watched the young slayer she couldn't help but think, 'Had someone told me a year ago that I would become friends with one of the deadliest slayers in the world I probably would have locked them up with Mina,' Ami thought. She rested her head on her hand and listened as Serena ranted about Darien's mother; though it looked like Ami was completely involved in what Serena was saying she was really thinking back to the first day that she and Serena had called a truce.

Ami had sat in the study sipping a cup of tea and rereading a few of Mina's medical files trying to find something that could possibly give them hope of a cure. She heard the door opened and looked over her shoulder to see who it was. The blonde woman facing the door was breathing hard and seemed to be extremely tense. She said nothing but Ami could see that her whole body was shaking, Ami thought that it was likely from anger.

"Are you alright?" Ami asked.

Serena turned around with a start and faced Ami, a slight fear in her eyes. "Oh sorry I didn't know what someone was in here," Serena said.

"Yes well…." Ami began.

"You Ami Ludmila right?" Serena said.

Ami nodded, "I am, why?"

"Oh well…it's just we met before…you may not remember…it was at Darien's apartment," Serena said.

"Yes if I remember correctly you were trying to listen in on a conversation that Darien and several of his advisors was having," Ami said turning her back on her and sipping her tea.

"Yeah that it was," Serena said pushing away from the door. She walked around the couch that Ami was occupying and plopped down on the one across from Ami. Ami looked up with a questioning gaze. "Was there something that you needed?"

Serena pushed her lips together and then shook her head. Ami gazed at her for a few more seconds and then went back to her reading but it proved impossible. Serena's aura was tense and awkward and it was distracting. Ami set her reading down and then took her tea into both hands. "Would you like to talk about it?"

"What?" Serena asked startled.

"Whatever is bothering you," Ami said.

"You would want to listen?" Serena said slightly confused.

"Though you and I have not always been on the same team, as some would call it, we are now united under one roof and have to coexist with each other." Serena stared at Ami a little dumbfounded that she would offer to listen to her problems. "Besides the last conversation we had, as I remember it, wasn't completely unpleasant."

Serena gave a little smile, "No I guess it wasn't."

"Now what seems to be troubling you?" asked Ami. From that moment whenever Hermione was gone or Serena didn't feel like talking with her Ami had been her new confidant. They had both found that they enjoyed each other's company and sometimes Hermione would even join them and the three of them would carry on interesting conversations.

"And I mean I understand that we were slayers but the last few months should be proof enough that we are no longer just going out and killing vampires," Serena said her voice brining Ami back to the present.

"Well you did work against our kind for most of your life," Ami said.

"Yeah I know and I get that but..." Serena stopped and then sat down onto the bed. "Do they realize what we've given up to be here?" Ami didn't answer, she knew that it was a rhetorical question and that Serena would explain herself. They sat in silence for a few moments and then Serena began to talk. "You know we can't ever go back to our families. Not now. Now we're considered traitors. Especially Hermione."

"What do you mean?" Ami asked.

"I have an excuse the whole hybrid thing, cause I'm half and half they can just assume that it was in my nature to turn to the enemies side eventually but Hermione…" Serena stopped again. "There may be remnant of vampiric blood in her from generations past but the majority of her blood is human. She has not excuse to join the enemy other than it was her decision. The 'Code' that we said always taught us that vampires were the trash and meant to be disposed of, but there was something worse than trash, a human who chose to be with vampires. A human that willingly enables vampires and condones their feeding off of other humans was considered to have committed the greatest sin."

"Serena…" Ami said.

"You know Hermione was always the strongest one, she had the brightest future, we all knew that she would be the one that would take over after Abby passed away," Serena said. "Everyone thought it would be Sarah but the truth was that Sarah wouldn't have been able to handle it after Abby passed away."

"Is Hermione that strong?" Ami asked.

"Yeah compared to me and..." Serena stopped she couldn't bring herself to say that name. "Compared to everyone else she was the strongest, she was the first one of us to use combined spells at the same time."

"Serena you said that all three of you had a power that was unique to yourselves what is yours?" Ami asked.

Serena smiled, "I knew someone would ask me that sooner or later…I barely use my power it takes a whole ton of my energy and if I use it too much I can kill myself, that's how it is for all of us. If Hermione tried to hold onto an image to long or go force a vision she can kill herself." Serena stood and went to the window.

"Serena?"

"I can put part of my soul into someone else and by doing that I can manipulate part or all of a beings body," Serena said "Kinda like possession but on a more powerful scale and its only temporary. Like I said if I do it I'm usually in recovery for a week."

"Serena have you told Darien about this?" Serena shook her head. "You should this is a talent that is extremely powerful and rare."

"That's why I haven't told anyone except you," Serena said. "You have to promise me you won't tell anyone Ami."

"Serena…"

"Please I'm asking you this as a friend," Serena said.

Ami was taken aback, though she had considered them friends for several months now she had never heard Serena say it out loud. Ami hesitated, she knew that she should inform Darien and the others but Serena was asking her not to. "Serena who else knows about your powers?"

"Only Momiji, Hermione, and Abby" Serena said.

Ami looked down, Serena was trusting her with a secret that only three other people knew. A secret that Serena would probably have rather died for than have ever told the enemy, but here she was telling Ami willingly. Serena was sharing something with her that she had not even shared with her bond mate. Ami looked into Serena's eyes. "I won't tell anyone Serena I promise."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Serena heard a car door slam she looked out of the window and saw Hermione get out of the car. "Hermione's I guess she'll have to meet that family as well." Serena smiled at Ami, who was staring at the ground. "I'll meet you down there," she said leaving "I can't wait till Hermione meets everyone."

Ami remained sitting thinking about what Serena had just revealed to her. It took her a few seconds to register what Serena had just said. Suddenly Ami jumped remembering something from several months ago. "Damn it!" she yelled running from the room. "Serena you have to stop Hermione..." She yelled running down the hall.

But it was too late. Hermione was walking through the door with Daniel. Serena was already heading down the stairs to meet them, and Ami saw the door to Darien's study open. Darien stepped out with Nephrite and Jadeite, still discussing something. Ami stopped at the top of the steps and called out to Zoicite trying to quickly explain the situation. Hermione thankfully was speaking with Serena and was distracted enough not to notice the two women who had just stepped out of the room. But the tall woman who had walked out of Darien's study didn't fail to notice Hermione.

Lita Draguta stopped dead in her tracks when she laid eyes upon the brown haired women standing near the door. Her breath stopped and her blood ran cold. She was paralyzed at the sight before her.

"Lita what's wrong?" asked Rei staring at her friend. She looked over at the direction that Lita was staring at and still didn't understand.

Rei's voice had caught the attention of almost everyone. Darien and Jadeite looked over at Lita and Rei curiously while Nephrite went to his wife trying to see what the problem was. Everyone in the room was confused or curious but when Hermione looked over at Lita something clicked in everyone's mind.

Hermione tensed instantly at the sight of Lita and her heart seemed to skip a beat for a moment. Her eyes stared without blinking and her breath became shallow and ragged.

"It's not possible…." whispered Lita.

"Oh no," Daniel said breathlessly.

"We forgot about…." began Jadeite.

"Hermione what is it?" asked Serena. But for the second time in only a few hours Hermione was unresponsive. "Hermione!" Serena yelled.

Suddenly Lita fell to the ground and Rei let out a scream of panic. Nephrite caught her and swung her up into his arms. He walked back into the study only turning around once to look at Hermione for a fraction of a second. Rei and Jadeite followed Nephrite into the room while Darien went over to where Hermione, Daniel, and Serena were standing.

Serena had grabbed Hermione's hands and was trying to break her out of her shocked state. "Hermione what's wrong? Who was that?"

Hermione's lips began to move and a breathless answer came out, "Leah….that was…..Leah."

Serena looked at her confused, "Leah, you mean your sister?"

Hermione gave her a weak nod and gripped at Serena's hands. 'Get me outta here!' Hermione telepathically screamed to Serena. 'Serena please!'

Serena stared into Hermione's eyes and saw nothing but fear. "Okay…okay we can go."

"Wait Serena…." said Darien.

"Let them go Darien," said Daniel "This isn't the best place for her right now."

"But why does Serena have to go?"

"Because Serena is the closest person she has her and she needs someone like that right now," Ami told him coming down the steps.

"Darien we'll go to Kusanagi's if you want to meet me later then I'm sure he won't mind but Hermione needs to get out of here and I'm not going to object," Serena told her. "Go sit in the car I'll be right out."

Hermione nodded and then went back through the door she had just come in through. When the door was shut Serena rounded on Daniel, "What the hell! Why didn't anyone tell her or me that Hermione's dead sister was part of your coven?"

"Because we weren't aware of it until only a few months ago and since Lita's been gone since you two moved in it never crossed our minds," Daniel said.

"Really that's a pretty big thing to forget!" Serena said.

"There have been more pressing matters Serena and I don't think that taking Hermione's mind from her work would have been the best thing for her" said Darien.

"Oh no that's the poorest excuse ever, this is her sister you have our profiles you know what this is. How is it plausible that you forgot?" Serena said looking at Daniel. Then it dawned on her. "You thought that if she knew she would leave."

Daniel looked at Darien and then at Serena, "It's no secret what Lita's death did to Hermione, it was one of the reasons she became a slayer I thought that if she knew that her sister was a vampire and that the one who turned her was living under the same roof she would want to leave."

"Daniel I don't know how vampire relationships work but that, in human relationships, is deceitful and grounds for a break up," Serena said. Daniel looked over Serena's shoulder at Darien, but his brother had nothing to say. "Look I'm going to take Hermione to Kusanagi's and we'll see what happens….." Daniel nodded and then went with Zoicite and Ami into the study.

Serena turned to leave the house but was stopped by Darien's hand on her wrist. "Darien not…" she began but she didn't get to finish. Darien had swung her around to face him and had forced his lips upon hers. At first she was tense angry at the fact that he would kiss her after everything that had just happened but after a few seconds she melted into him and threw her arms around his neck. After a while they pulled away breathing heavily, Darien leaned his forehead against hers.

"I'm sorry Serena about everything," he said.

"You're apologizing has the end of the world come?" she joked.

"When you collapsed today I almost lost it," he said.

She took his face into her hands, "I was safe the entire time I'm here with you."

"Still I don't like when you're not near," he told her "do you really have to go with her?"

"I think it would be best, she's probably confused and still in shock and having Daniel try to explain and justify his actions will most likely just upset her even more." Serena could sense Darien's displeasure at the situation, she knew that he wasn't happy about her being gone another night. "Why don't you come over to Kusanagi's before dawn I'm sure he won't mind."

Darien's grip tightened around her, "How is he? I haven't seen very much of him since Momiji disappeared."

Serena cringed at that name, as she did she felt Darien reach out to her to try and soothe her mind. "He's alright I guess I haven't seen all that much of him but he's trying to hide his pain."

Darien sighed, "Maybe coming here and seeing Rei will help him."

"What about your parents he said he doesn't really get along with them."

"Yes well they will order him to come for a visit soon enough" Darien told her. Serena looked up into his eyes and tried to think of a nice way to say what she wanted, failing she just decided to say what she wanted to. "I really hate your mother." Darien looked down at her and a smile spread over his face, the smile that only she saw when they had their private moments together. He leaned down and kissed her once more. "I know" he said.

Serena felt Hermione pulling at her mind and she broke their kiss. "I have to go." Darien's face instantly went back to his normal set look. He gave her a nod and then let her go.

Outside Hermione sat silently in the car; though her breathing had regulated itself hear heart seemed to be erratic it would be fast suddenly and then slowly suddenly. She was beginning to calm down and her brain was beginning to catch up with her thoughts. A movement in her peripheral vision caught her attention. She looked to the left and saw through the window Leah and her companions. She stared at her sister. Her face had changed since she was a young woman but it was at the same time the same. She had not aged a day in body but from what Hermione could see she had aged in her mind and spirit. Hermione caught her breath as she thought about how Leah and she had been.
"Leah Leah!" yelled a young girl as she ran outside of the house on a warm summer day. She jumped into the arms of her elder sister a smile lighting her face.

"Hey H.M." said Lita hugging her little sister tightly. "What have you been up to today?"

"Well at school today we finger painted" said the young Hermione.

"You finger painted what did you finger paint," Leah set Hermione down on the front steps and then sat down next to her.

"I made a flower," Hermione said proudly "I made it all green cause it's your favorite color."

"I'll love it" Leah said. "Now I have something for you as well," Leah turned around and took a large book from her backpack. "Now do you know what this is?"

"A book."

"Yes but do you know what kind of book?"

"The kind that you read?"

Leah let out a loud laugh and then smiled, "Well yes but it's also a book about two sisters, it's called Jacob have I loved."

"What is it about Leah?" asked Hermione.

"It's about one sister trying to find herself and trying to escape the other sister's shadow" Leah told her. Hermione stared blankly at Leah trying to comprehend what she had just said. Leah laughed again. "Don't worry you will understand when you are older when you can read it," Leah told her. Hermione took the book in her hands and held it tightly to her chest. "Thank you Leah you're the best sister ever!" Hermione kissed her elder sister and then ran back into the house. She ran up to her room and hid the book under her pillow. It was her secret treasure and she wasn't going to allow anyone to touch it.

Hermione inhaled a breath; she had never read the book that Leah had given her. She didn't even know what the story was about, save for what Leah had told her about it. She did have it still however, it was one of her most sacred possessions. Hermione had to wonder though if Leah had been a seer as well. She knew that the story was about a girl trying to escape her sisters shadow and after Leah had supposedly died that had been the only thing that Hermione had tried to do with her parents.

Hermione looked once more to where Leah was sitting; she had several people surrounding her trying to ensure that she was alright. A man with dark brown and long hair was holding her arm making sure that she was alright; Leah was trying to push him away and was waving her hand at several of the people in the room.

Suddenly the driver's door opened and Serena stepped in. For a few moments Serena and Hermione sat in silence, neither moving. "Did you know?" Hermione asked.

"No I had no idea," Serena told her.

"I'm not insane am I?"

"I don't think so I mean she had a reaction to your presence too so she had to of recognized you as well," Serena said.

"I want to get out of here," Hermione said.

"Alright." Serena started the car and began to drive. Hermione staring at the road in front of her not speaking and Serena driving with one hand, the other she was resting on the door as it propped up her head.

"Serena I…."

"I know Hermione I know," Serena said before Hermione could finish.

Darkness surrounded her as she meditated. She sat still her hands entwined with the index fingers pressing against each other and pointing straight up. Her eyes were closed and lidded with heavy black make up; her long robes flowed around her. Suddenly a bright green fire flared up in front of her revealing a woman with long dark hair, her robes were black, a black veil laid atop her head, and long bangs covered her face. On her hands were black tattoos, that strongly resembled henna, they encircled her fingers and hands and if one followed the pattern that wound up her arms they would see that the tattoos went up to her elbows.

"Are you prepared?" asked a deep male voice from behind the woman. For a moment she said nothing and only inhaled deeply. "You have to be at your best if you are going to do this," he said, "If you are unprepared than this can wait a while longer."

"You are doubting my abilities," she said her voice held no emotion.

"I doubt your readiness for this task," he said. The man stepped into the light; he had long black hair that was tied back, his bangs fell into his face making look younger than he was; he wore a man's kimono that was green with a black cloth hiori over top, on the back of the jacket was a symbol painted in white; at his side hung a long sword with a green sheath.

"I have prepared well enough, I have studied and trained, and I have watched all of the data that has been retrieved," said the woman. She had not changed her demeanor and her eyes were still closed.

"I still am not sure," said the man.

"Don't be so worried I can take care of myself," she said with a smile.

"That has never been the problem, I wonder will you be able to take care of them?" he asked.

"I guess we shall see," she said her voice once again holding no emotion. She stood and turned to the man. She turned and looked to her right. In place of a wall stood a large window that looked down upon the city of Los Angeles.

"Can you believe that only a few days ago I was far south from here," she said.

"Time has little meaning for us," said the man.

"I suppose it does," she said. The man held out his hand and handed her a katana. Its sheath was black with white carvings. She held it up and slipped the blade from its sheath, she examined the steel and the black carvings that were engraved on the blade.

"It will make you stronger," he said. The woman nodded her head and sheathed the sword. "Be cautious you have not gained your full power," he said.

"My full power will not be needed for this," she said. She looked once again over the city one green eye and one violet eye staring at the lights. "It is time." Then she turned and exited the room leaving the man standing alone before the window. A woman with long brown hair entered from a side door and stood next to the man. "Do you think this is a good idea?" she asked.

"Even if we wanted to we could not stop her Saya it is best not to interfere."

"Why did you train her Yoshiki?"

"Because she had ambition and determination like I had never seen."

"She reminded you of yourself," said Saya.

"Yes but I fear that she is too much like me," Yoshiki said.

"She is your daughter you expect her to be like her mother?"

"No but I fear the path that she has taken I fear that it will lead her into a darkness that she will never escape from.

"What I fear the most is that she may already be there," said Saya. Yoshiki did not respond.

Well what do you all think?